Understanding the meaning of existing SQL queries is critical for code maintenance and reuse. Yet SQL can be hard to read, even for expert users or the original creator of a query. We conjecture that ...it is possible to capture the logical intent of queries in automatically-generated visual diagrams that can help users understand the meaning of queries faster and more accurately than SQL text alone. We present initial steps in that direction with visual diagrams that are based on the first-order logic foundation of SQL and can capture the meaning of deeply nested queries. Our diagrams build upon a rich history of diagrammatic reasoning systems in logic and were designed using a large body of human-computer interaction best practices: they are minimal in that no visual element is superfluous; they are unambiguous in that no two queries with different semantics map to the same visualization; and they extend previously existing visual representations of relational schemata and conjunctive queries in a natural way. An experimental evaluation involving 42 users on Amazon Mechanical Turk shows that with only a 2--3 minute static tutorial, participants could interpret queries meaningfully faster with our diagrams than when reading SQL alone. Moreover, we have evidence that our visual diagrams result in participants making fewer errors than with SQL. We believe that more regular exposure to diagrammatic representations of SQL can give rise to a pattern-based and thus more intuitive use and re-use of SQL. A full version of this paper with all appendices and supplemental material for the experimental study (stimuli, raw data, and analysis code) are available at https://osf.io/btszh.
Esta macro infografía, es un conjunto de gráficos temáticos (12) que suman un relato visual informativo científico-criminalístico que se publicó hace 20 años en El Periódico de Catalunya a doble ...página, y no ha parado de crecer hasta hoy. En la primera parte se expone el proceso de trabajo, desde el intelectual hasta el gráfico. La línea narrativa muestra un escenario lleno de contradicciones, en donde se asesinó al presidente de EEUU, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, el 22 de noviembre del 1963. Ahora se cumplen 60 años.
La infografía, ha sido corregida, retocada, cambiada, formateada, y puesta al día, en varias ocasiones, -aunque preservando el “look” del momento en que se hizo-, a causa de participar en conferencias, debates, simposiums, exposiciones, clases magistrales, y clases convencionales. La infografía JFK sirvió de base en la Escuela de Diseño EINA, para que los alumnos de Infografía realizasen excelentes trabajos, que merecieron el “European Newspaper Award”, de Mejor infografía de prensa 2014.
Para mí, el principal principio científico de una buena infografía es que una información visual se ha entender y controlar muchísimo más ágilmente, que la misma información leída en un texto, o explicada oralmente. Y pienso que en este caso se consiguió. Lo que sigue muestra los esquemas que estructuran la infografía global, y el análisis de cada uno de los gráficos parciales, de sus herramientas de diseño infográfico, y también como portadores de contenidos informativos visuales.
Anexos se presentan los materiales de investigación en formato pdf. También un un vídeo en formato .mov: https://youtu.be/flGWbTtWfrg
We present an interactive approach to analyse flow fields using a new type of particle system, which is composed of autonomous particles exploring the flow. While particles provide a very intuitive ...way to visualize flows, it is a challenge to capture the important features with such systems. Particles tend to cluster in regions of low velocity and regions of interest are often sparsely populated. To overcome these disadvantages, we propose an automatic adaption of the particle density with respect to local importance measures. These measures are user defined and the systems sensitivity to them can be adjusted interactively. Together with the particle history, these measures define a probability for particles to multiply or die, respectively. There is no communication between the particles and no neighbourhood information has to be maintained. Thus, the particles can be handled in parallel and support a real‐time investigation of flow fields. To enhance the visualization, the particles' properties and selected field measures are also used to specify the systems rendering parameters, such as colour and size. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on different simulated vector fields from technical and medical applications.
We present an interactive approach to analyse flow fields using a new type of particle system, which is composed of autonomous particles exploring the flow. While particles provide a very intuitive way to visualize flows, it is a challenge to capture the important features with such systems. Particles tend to cluster in regions of low velocity and regions of interest are often sparsely populated. To overcome these disadvantages, we propose an automatic adaption of the particle density with respect to local importance measures. These measures are user defined and the systems sensitivity to them can be adjusted interactively. Together with the particle history, these measures define a probability for particles to multiply or die, respectively. There is no communication between the particles and no neighbourhood information has to be maintained. Thus, the particles can be handled in parallel and support a real‐time investigation of flow fields. To enhance the visualization, the particles' properties and selected field measures are also used to specify the systems rendering parameters, such as colour and size. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on different simulated vector fields from technical and medical applications.
In this state‐of‐the‐art report we discuss relevant research works related to the visualization of complex, multi‐variate data. We discuss how different techniques take effect at specific stages of ...the visualization pipeline and how they apply to multi‐variate data sets being composed of scalars, vectors and tensors. We also provide a categorization of these techniques with the aim for a better overview of related approaches. Based on this classification we highlight combinable and hybrid approaches and focus on techniques that potentially lead towards new directions in visualization research. In the second part of this paper we take a look at recent techniques that are useful for the visualization of complex data sets either because they are general purpose or because they can be adapted to specific problems.
Visualization for the Physical Sciences Lipşa, Dan R.; Laramee, Robert S.; Cox, Simon J. ...
Computer graphics forum,
December 2012, Volume:
31, Issue:
8
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
Close collaboration with other scientific fields is an important goal for the visualization community. Yet engaging in a scientific collaboration can be challenging. The physical sciences, namely ...astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences and physics, exhibit an extensive range of research directions, providing exciting challenges for visualization scientists and creating ample possibilities for collaboration. We present the first survey of its kind that provides a comprehensive view of existing work on visualization for the physical sciences. We introduce novel classification schemes based on application area, data dimensionality and main challenge addressed, and apply these classifications to each contribution from the literature. Our survey helps in understanding the status of current research and serves as a useful starting point for those interested in visualization for the physical sciences.
Close collaboration with other scientific fields is an important goal for the visualization community. Yet engaging in a scientific collaboration can be challenging. The physical sciences, namely astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences and physics, exhibit an extensive range of research directions, providing exciting challenges for visualization scientists and creating ample possibilities for collaboration. We present the first survey of its kind that provides a comprehensive view of existing work on visualization for the physical sciences.
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